The Washington critic., 1887-07-23
SPORTS OF THE SEASON.
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The following telegram came last night:
sporting Editor OF the Globe. Washing
ton, 4; Detroit, 0. All, there j. IL. GaiT-
ney.m Well done, GafI Boston appreci
ates your efforts, II Washington does not.
Il Yesterdays Boston Globe.
Dave Orr, So; Ryan, $40. Why Not
running to first base; one after a fly ball
and the other after o missed four strike.
This is business.
There is a good deal of ink being spilled
Just now over the likelihood OF league
club jumping into the association, and an
association team desertBg to the league.
1t seems to be great big blufT. one thing
may be put down for certain! It's too all
fred hot lust at present for very large
jump Philadelphia North American.
Tell, me, father, who Is he
With the mlcn of chioftain great,
At whose feet, like roaring sea,
Crowd the populate clatef
See, they thrOng to press his hand,
Senators and judges Old,
And the chosen Of the land
Bring him wines and bays OF gold,
Il he OF the rank OF klngy
Led he armies To the trayY
Docs his fame as prophet ring,
That they honor him today
Peace, my son and thou shalt soon
See that famed hand claspci By mine.
It's the great third base, MudoOn,
Who has saved the local nine
-Tpuck.
But few baseball managers are as super
stitious as Manager CaylOr. The other day
he found an empty bottle In the press box,
condemned II as hoodoo, and Kicked II
cut OF course the Indians won.
President Stoarns OF the Detroit Club said
recently: ave do not intend to maintain a
iIst.elass club simply for glory" Evl.
IDENTIFY not.
The Cuban Giants have played l03 games,
viii nirg "a, losing 90, and ties.
Dunlap, the great second baseman OF the
League, whose leg was broken recently, will
probably not play again this season.
The Bostons left for Hartford yesterday
morning. All OF the members Of the team,
save WheClock, Stemmyer aud O'Roulke,
went on the trip. In the afternoon the Bos-
tons played the llartfords, with Stemmyer
ard O'Rourke as a battery. After the
game stem and his catcher returned to
Boston.
II the Washington baseball team had
played like this earlier ia the season, Il
might have led in the race. No other club
In the country has shut the De,roits out for
three games successively, and no other has
kept them down TO zero for one gene
There may be some surprises yet In store
for the leaders. Philadelphia is close to
New York and Washington Is now not far
behind Philadelphia, and there are two
months OF playing to be done YETI New
York Mail and Express.
The enthusiastic Detroit Free Press writer
who said at the beginning OF the season that
the nine could beat any club by It's batting,
even II 1t had dummy In the box, has crept
way into his hole. The club has met with
nothing but defeat on the trip, having made
worse record than indianapolis, and In II
games on the trip these "sluggersh made just
100 clean hits, or little over to game
Local baseball enthusiasts are talking Of
presenting Gilmore with testimonial as a
mark OF appreciation OF his grand work In
the box on Thursday. Good enough; go
ahead. The CRITIC is willing to receive
and acknowledge any subscriptions for that
purpose that may be sent to this Office.
Morris, the great pitcher Of the Pitts
burgs, has signed to pitch for the New
Yorks. The sum paid for him is not known.
| He will pitch on Tuesday.
Ewing will 20 behind the bat again, Be.
cannon having been signed by the New
ioiks to play on third.
Young Hibbard, the promising Chicago
amateur, who has been In this city for sew
eral Gays, has been signed to pitch for the
| Pittsburgs. Washington had O chance to
secure him, but did not need his services.
The New Racing Club.
| uumDer Ol WeIl'hnOWn eeutlemeu PRO
pose organizing q racing club In this city,
to be modelled after the clubs at Rockaway
and Boston. The idea Is an excellent one,
and there is no reason In the world why II
should not succeed In Washington quite as
well as In either New York or Boston. The
| gentlemen are all enthusiasts on the sub
| iect, and will hold an Informal meeting a
the Jockey Club rooms tomorrow evening
at O'Clock to talk the matter over, and
later In the week a regular business meet
ing will be held and the club organized.